About 15 feet away from agribusiness junior Emily Hale’s bedroom is a barn full of sheep. The bleating sheep wake her up every three to four hours.
For both students and local residents, MSU’s Choral Union is a time to come together and display their singing talents. MSU’s annual Choral Union is a community-based musical effort run by MSU director of choral programs and associate dean for graduate studies and research David Rayl. “Everyone here is from a wide variety of musical backgrounds,” Rayl said.
Macklemore said it best — One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. According to the National Association of Resale Professionals, thrift stores across America have seen a rise in public interest in recent years.
YouTube star and MSU alumnus Tyler Oakley is coming to campus on Feb. 17.
Six teams from MSU have qualified for Student Startup Madness, a digital media start up tournament for college students.
Though Robert L. Green, an MSU alumnus, former professor and former dean of the disbanded College of Urban Development at MSU, recently visited campus to talk about his new book, he said he originally came here "on accident." “I had finished my masters degree in psychology at San Francisco State College,” Green said.
Gov. Rick Snyder delivered his State of the State address last night and, not surprisingly, he began on the nationally recognized issue of the Flint Water Crisis. Amidst protests on the capitol steps, Gov. Snyder expressed his deepest sympathies as well as his sincerest apologies for the events transpiring in Flint and promised the state is doing everything in its power to assure healing.
MSU Police is reporting a case of narcotics possession at Abbot Hall on Jan. 16. MSUPD responded to a complaint of marijuana odor in Abbot Hall and met with residential staff.
During Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address, activists protested his administration's handling of the water situation in Flint Tuesday.
Under heavy scrutiny for the events that have unfolded regarding the Flint water crisis, Gov. Rick Snyder took the stage in front of state representatives and his constituents for his annual State of the State address. Contrary to what some predicted, Snyder did not mention anything about higher education, especially the relationship between declining state support and increasing tuition rates. Here is a brief recap of what Snyder said.
Groups of protesters huddled together on the Capitol steps, trying to keep warm against the cold evening but more concerned with amplifying their irate chants against the state government and Gov. Rick Snyder in particular. Shouts of "Drink the water Snyder!" and "Flint! Flint! Flint!" could be heard among the hundreds of demonstrators around the Capitol grounds, a reference to the ongoing Flint water crisis. As the governor began his State of the State Address, the protesters moved to the side of the steps, facing towards the upper level of the building where the legislative chamber is located.
Recent concerns that East Lansing Police Department is interested in obtaining an armored vehicle have been denied, according to an ELPD statement. "We are cognizant of recent concerns from the public about the militarization of local police," ELPD Lt. Scott Wriggelswoth said in the statement.
Gov. Rick Snyder will deliver his annual State of the State address to representatives of the state legislature as well as many Michiganders at home. This year highly volatile issues will supplement the usual pressing concerns of state politics. Here are five issues Gov. Snyder may address.
MSU police responded to an assault early Jan 13. Around 1 a.m. MSU police was dispatched to Williams Hall, where a boyfriend and a girlfriend had gotten into an argument, MSU police Capt. Doug Monette said. The subject scratched the victim in several places including the arm, neck and face and was arrested. It was unclear in the report which individual was the victim.
The number of reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases and/or infections (STDs/STIs) in the United States are on the rise, and some are rising at an alarming rate, according to a report released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report also shows that the portion of the population that is most at-risk to contracting STDs is still those between the ages of 15 and 24, i.e. high school and college students. The report, released in November of last year, shows among the nationally notifiable STDs, the two that affect young people the most are gonorrhea and chlamydia. The reported cases of the two diseases each increased by 5.1 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively, since 2013.
Endless heaps of food in the various dining halls can put students with ambitious New Year's resolutions behind schedule. With 2016 in its opening stretch, eating healthy is something many students have set as their goal. “I want to eat healthier in 2016," premedical freshman Emma Osterholzer said. "I'm trying to stay away from the desserts in the caf.”
To describe someone as “larger than life” usually carries with it the unintended result of instilling doubt in peoples’ minds about the person’s actual accomplishments.
Unbeknownst to some, a thriving program at MSU was the first to be developed after the terrorism attacks on Sept. 11. Director of Intelligence Program and professor David Carter said MSU’s own Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis, or LEIA, degree program was an addition to an existing program.
With the approach of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The State News looked back on the impact Dr. King and the civil rights movement had on laws in East Lansing, the state of Michigan and the nation.